Game.



No. 680,324. Patented Aug. I3, |90I.

B. H. GEDGE.

(Appxiction me 1s, 1900.)

(Ho Model.)

Ill Il P K l i vNrrnn STATES BURTON H. GEDGE, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,324, dated August13, 1901.

Application flied July 13, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTON H. GEDGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a game affording recreationand involving active exercise of the mental faculties; and the inventionconsists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter setforth and claimed. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a game-board embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2, a section on line 2 2'of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 aperspective view of the game-board opened.

The game-board consists of a block A, provided with pits or holes B,arranged in rows and colums of three, as shown. At its bottom the boardis provided with a hinged cover O, having pockets or recesses D,registering with pits B when the cover is closed.

The game is especially adapted to be played by two players or two setsof players, taking alternate turns at dropping a disk or counter in oneofthe pits B, and its object is for each opponent to place three singlecounters in pits in the same straight line. The arrangement of the pitsaffords eight of these lines.

Owing to the fact that the pits B are comparatively deep, each counterwhen played disappears from sight, rendering it necessary for eachplayer to pay close attention to the game and to remember not only whichpits have counters in them, but whose counters are in the played pits.For convenience in tracing the counters the opponents use disks ofdifferent colors, such as red and black. Each counter when deposited ina pit falls into the corresponding pocket, so that when the game isfinished or dispute arises the board may be swung back, as shown in Fig.3, leaving the counters in the pockets exposed. When disks are used ascounters, their order in the pocket will show their order of play. Inorder to facilitate the removal of the counters or disks, the pocketsSerial No. 23,447. (No model.)

are made somewhat larger than the pits and counters, so as to permit thepartial insertion of the fingers to remove them.

In order to lighten the board and provide convenient receptacles for thecounters, holes a may be interspersed between the pits B.

The rules for scoring may be varied indefinitely. For instance, theplacing of three of the counters in pits in the same straight line maycount so many points, and placing a counter in a pit already-occupied,or failure to announce an alinement, or failure to play when there stillremains a vacant pit may forfeit so many points, or any or allcombinations of these rules may be adopted.

I claim as my invention-- l. A game-board having a series of pitsarranged in rows and columns of three, adapted to receive, conceal andretain counters, and to afford access to said counters without disturbing their relative positions, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. A game-board consisting of a block having a series of pits arrangedin rows and col-l umns of three and passing entirely through the block,the block being of sufficient depth to conceal the counters When theyare placed in the pits formed therein, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination in a game-board ofa series of pits arranged in threerows and three columns, adapted to receive and conceal counters, and abottom piece having pockets in line with Vthe pits to receive thecounters deposited in the pits, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. The combination in a game-board of a series of pits arranged in threerows and three columns, the pits being adapted to receive and concealcounters, and a bottom piece,- hinged to the board,having pockets ofalarger diameter than the pits to receive the counters deposited in thepits, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BURTON I-I. GEDGE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. KITTINGER, vEDWARD D. REARDIN.

